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The psalm is a communal lament about remembering Zion, and yearning for Jerusalem while dwelling in exile during the Babylonian captivity. The psalm forms a regular part of liturgy in Jewish, Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant traditions. It has often been set to music and paraphrased in hymns.
The enemy had damaged everything in the sanctuary and destroyed the temples of God in the land. Because of the great time between the building (1000 BC) and the destruction (586 BC) of the first temple we know that this psalm isn’t written by David’s Asaph who was the one of three temple singers assigned by King David to the temple.
In Henry's view, the psalm was written either by Ezra, who led the nation at that time, or by one of the Jewish prophets. [2] Jewish scholarship pairs this psalm with Psalm 137, with Psalm 137 commemorating the beginning of the Babylonian exile, and Psalm 126 describing the end of that exile. [3]
The psalm is also interpreted as referring to the plight of the Jewish people and their distress and alienation in exile. [3] For instance, the phrase "But I am a worm" (Hebrew: ואנכי תולעת) refers to Israel, similarly to Isaiah 41 : "Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I help thee, saith the LORD, and thy Redeemer, the ...
The psalm could have been written before or after the exile in Babylon (6th century BCE). [7] It is attributed to the sons of Korah, and was compiled by David into the Book of Psalms. [8] [9] The psalm begins with a praise of the place where God lives, and where the singer longs to be.
The Good Book was charred by the flames and petrified by the intense heat, but found intact -- and opened to Psalms 106 and 107. "Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love ...
The Book of Psalms (/ s ɑː (l) m z /, US also / s ɔː (l) m z /; [1] Biblical Hebrew: תְּהִלִּים , romanized: Tehillīm, lit. 'praises'; Ancient Greek: Ψαλμός, romanized: Psalmós; Latin: Liber Psalmorum; Arabic: زَبُورُ, romanized: Zabūr), also known as the Psalter, is the first book of the third section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) called Ketuvim ('Writings ...
One of the Songs of Ascents, Psalm 122 appears in Hebrew on the walls at the entrance to the City of David, Jerusalem.. Song of Ascents is a title given to fifteen of the Psalms, 120–134 (119–133 in the Septuagint and the Vulgate), each starting with the superscription "Shir Hama'aloth" (Hebrew: שיר המעלות, romanized: šir ham-ma‘loṯ, lit.